Production Supervisor

Hitachi Energy; Mysuru; On-site; INR 540,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Mysuru, India, is seeking a dedicated Shift Leader to supervise shift progress and ensure safe use of machinery and production lines. You will coordinate with the Production Manager to reinforce schedules and drive quality while maintaining daily production plans.

The role requires a Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, 3+ years in shift-based production (max 8 years total), and strong skills in MS Office and SAP PP.

Qualifications

• Full-time regular Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 3+ years production experience in shifts; total not exceeding 8 years.
• Shift Leader experience in continuous process manufacturing.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes; data analysis.
• Proficiency with MS Office; SAP PP preferred.
• Excellent communication; detail oriented; leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise shift progress against work plans to ensure safe use of machinery and production lines.
• Coordinate with Production Manager to reinforce schedules and quality.
• Prepare and submit contract reviews and die drawings for orders.
• Schedule production to meet customer requirements and daily plans.
• Perform SAP/ECS activities: create/process production orders; move to quality and bond.
• Ensure participation in QMS, safety, SOPs, and daily management meetings.
• Oversee shift plan execution and adjust for vacations, illness, or outages.
• Lead shift team to resolve technical/quality issues and maintain records.
• Focus on volume, efficiency and on-time delivery; ensure compliance with health and safety policies.

Skills

Shift leadership

Production planning

Data analysis

MS Office

SAP PP

Communication

Leadership

Education

Diploma in ME/EE

Tools

SAP PP

MS Excel

Databases

Job description

The opportunity

Supervise the shift team's progress against work plans as defined by Production Management to ensure the proper and safe use of machinery, equipment, and production lines within a production area. Cooperate with the Production Manager to create an effective work environment and reinforce production schedules and quality.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Preparation & submission of contract review/dimension sheet for enquiries from order handler.
• Preparation of die drawings for customer's product drawing, procurement through SCM.
• Scheduling production in co-ordination with order handler to meet customer requirement and daily production planning & monitoring to meet commitment.
• Daily SAP/ECS activity like creating production order, processing production order in ECS, movement to quality and then to bond.
• Ensuring participation of workmen in QMS, Safety activities & documentation like SOP, ABRA, Work instruction, Hazard identification & rectification and conducting daily management meetings & vital communication.
• Assists management and shift team in allocating, coordinating, and overseeing shift work plan execution within production lines during the shift
• Provides regular feedback and makes recommendations to management regarding issues within theproduction line, including production line organization, shifting priorities and possible critical situations
• Helps management to implement staff movements in case of vacations, illness, machine outages or shifting priorities
• Serves as team leader during shifts to oversee cooperation and the resolution of technical/quality problems and logistic issues and maintaining various records.
• Reinforces focus on volume, efficiency and on time delivery
• Ensures the shift operation is run in compliance with health and safety policies and guidelines.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business

Your background

• You hold full time regular Diploma's engineering in Mechanical / Electrical.
• Minimum relevant experience 3 years production in shifts, and total experience not exceeding 8 years.
• Proven experience as a Shift Leader in Continuous Process based manufacturing industries.
• Thorough knowledge of methodologies and standards of manufacturing processes
• Excellent analytical skills and understanding of data analysis/statistical methods
• Good knowledge of MS Office and databases. Candidate with knowledge of SAP PP module preferred.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Great attention to details and results driven approach.
• Excellent organizational and leadership abilities
• Proficiency Kannada, English communication preferred.

Publication date : 2026-04-24